Fiesta de las Cruces in Spain and Hispanic America
Fiesta de las Cruces in Spain and Hispanic America is held on May 3. Cruz de Mayo. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual. 
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The Fiesta de las Cruces ("Festival of the Crosses") or Cruz de Mayo ("May Cross") is a holiday celebrated on 3 May in many parts of Spain and Hispanic America.
The Fiesta de las Cruces, also known as Cruz de Mayo, celebrates the discovery of the True Cross by Emperor Constantine I's mother, Saint Helen, during her pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. If you happen to be in Granada on May 3rd, you will experience an authentic and joyful atmosphere.
The Day of the Cross is one of the most popular holidays in Andalusia. It was first celebrated in Granada in the seventeenth century, when in 1625 an alabaster cross was erected in the San Lázaro neighborhood, and all the locals celebrated by singing and dancing around it.
This tradition continued in Granada's most popular neighborhoods, such as Albaycin and Realejo. Children began to build small altars with the cross and decorate them with pottery and copperware.
Each year the city council holds a contest to promote this tradition, with four categories: patios (patios), streets and squares, storefronts and schools. Thousands of carnations adorn dozens of crosses that compete each year for a prize.
The fragrance of so many flowers is fragrant in Granada and invites people to enjoy this special day.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising on May 2 (Community of Madrid, Spain);
Madrid Day in Spain on May 2 (Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid or Día de la Comunidad de Madrid);
World Day of Bullying Prevention on May 2
Festival of the wine horses in Caravaca de la Cruz on May 2
Mother's Day in Hong Kong on May 3 (also Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May);
Santa Cruz de la Palma and Holy Cross Day in Spain on May 3
Day of Homage to the Spanish deported and deceased in Mauthausen and other camps and to all victims of Nazism in Spain on May 5